Publisher's Synopsis
This special re-print edition of Edgar L. Warren's book "200 Eggs A Year Per Hen: How to Get Them - A Practical Treatise On Egg Making And Its Conditions And Profits In Poultry" is a basic guide to raising and breeding chickens for eggs on the small farm or at home. Written in 1900, this classic text on poultry contains the basics of raising and breeding laying hens for egg production. Included are all the basic elements needed to get the most eggs per year from each hen in your flock. Some of the topics covered include Choosing The Best Chicken Breeds For Eggs, Conditions Needed For Egg Production, Housing the Laying Hens, How To Keep Your Flock Free of Parasites, What To Feed Laying Hens To Produce The Most Eggs, Nest Boxes, Keeping the Hens In Top Production and more. One of the most concise short guides on how to get the most from a flock of laying hens. Note: This edition is a perfect facsimile of the original edition and is not set in a modern typeface. As a result, some type characters and images might suffer from slight imperfections or minor shadows in the page background.
